Google Drops PageRank For Many Sites : Paid Links or New Algorithm?
Dude, where’s my PageRank? This morning, around 1 am, I was finishing up a document and clicked over to Search Engine Journal to see if...
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Make Google AdSense Changes Without Replacing Code
It’s about time Google AdSense addressed the usability issues within its current system where webmasters are forced to make changes within the Google AdSense interface...
SEO Question : Do WhoIs Privacy Services Harm SEO?
This morning I was sifting through a post from the Redfly Marketing blog of Dave Davis entitled : The 5 Easiest Ways To Get Search...
Display Advertising is Dependent Upon Search & Defined User Intent
Interesting story on the Bloomberg wires which follows up on the Yahoo Search & Display Advertising deals sealed last week with WebMD and Forbes.com. Microsoft’s...
Google Runs Black Homepage For a Day
Google users who accessed the search engine from the San Francisco area yesterday were served an all black version of the Google Homepage. No, Google...
Microsoft’s Live Search 411 : Voice Activated Search Results
This week Microsoft launched their voice activated local search service, Live Search 411, which harnesses the technology behind Microsoft acquisition Tellme to deliver local, maps,...
Wikipedia Spam Resulting in Google & Yahoo Penalties
Even though Wikipedia uses a NoFollow attribute on their external links, if you spam Wikipedia results, your site can end up in a penalty in...
YouTube Launches Chinese Language Sites for Taiwan & Hong Kong
Google has launched a new Chinese language version of YouTube for the Taiwanese market, YouTube.com.tw YouTube this week launched a Chinese language site for Hong...
Google Health Coming in Spring 2008
Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Google’s Marissa Mayer said that users should expect the Google Health project to launch in Spring...
Weather.com Serving Pulse 360 Sponsored Links : What About Yahoo!?
The Weather Channel and Pulse 360 (formerly Kanoodle) today jointly announced an exclusive multi-year agreement resulting in the launch of Pulse 360’s sponsored links on...
China Netcom Redirecting Google, Yahoo, MSN Traffic to Baidu
Chinese ISP China Netcom has been redirecting Google, Yahoo and Microsoft search queries to Baidu, the most popular and local Chinese search engine. Duncan Riley...
Yahoo Reinvents Web Advertising : Lands WebMD, Forbes.com, Cars.com and Ziff Davis
Yahoo Search Marketing has landed a high dollar vertical search partner in WebMD, which will be serving Yahoo sponsored search results across its medical network...
Yahoo Search Marketing Lets Advertisers Block Domains
Yahoo Search Marketing has taken some bold steps in letting its advertisers now block their ads from being served on certain web sites. Now, Yahoo...
Superpages.com Adds Video Ads for All National Markets
Superpages.com rolled out its Superpages Video ad product to a national audience today, following a beta trial in select markets. Superpages Video advertising allows local...
11 Considerations When Hiring a Link Building Service
As a very important part of the search marketing mix, Link Building is both a cornerstone of SEO and a more than ever dynamic &...
Google’s Matt Cutts on Appropriate Use of NoFollow
This week in the Google Webmaster Help Google Groups thread, Matt Cutts made a “Popular Pick” post on the Appropriate Use of the NoFollow attribute...
Twitter Adding Mobile Advertising to Challenge Google?
Google has gone out and purchased a major Twitter competitor in Jaiku, which Google will more than likely use as part of its Google Mobile...
Google Acquires Jaiku : Mobile Blogging & Messaging Company
Google has acquired Jaiku, a mobile social networking and blogging service which is a direct competitor to Twitter, the uber-popular mini-blogging on the go and...
Yahoo Buying 10% of Alibaba IPO, Expanding its Role in China
Yahoo has announced that it plans to acquire 10% of the shares which are being offered by Alibaba.com in an IPO which is expected to...
Ask.com’s Next Advertising Partner : Google, Yahoo or Microsoft?
CNNMoney (via Investors Business Daily) looks at the partnership between Google AdWords and Ask.com, where Google sponsored links are served as filler for Ask.com Sponsored...
Microsoft & NBC Buy Newsvine : Digg Next?
Adding to the trend of large media conglomerates and proven companies (Fox, eBay, Yahoo, Condes Nast) dipping into the social networking, bookmarking and news sharing...
Google PageRank Update This Weekend? Backlinks and PageRank Changes Reported
Google seems to have updated its backlink tracking tool in the Google Webmaster Tools suite according to a conversation going on in DigitalPoint forums. Some...
Search Marketing Drives $10 Billion Internet Ad Revenues in Q1, Q2 2007
Search marketing dominated the lastest IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report, which covered the second quarter and the first six months of 2007. Internet advertising revenues...
Yahoo Answers & Wikipedia Go Mobile on Yahoo OneSearch
Yahoo has added two new features to its Yahoo oneSearch mobile results which have redefined the way search results are served to mobile devices. On...
Microsoft Joins Google in Offering SEO Services, Is This Ethical?
Microsoft, which runs Live Search and is the parent company of aQuantive, which owns Avenue A Razorfish, is now partnering with another search marketing firm,...
$100 SponsoredReviews.com Coupon : Exclusive for Search Engine Journal Readers
This is an exclusive offer for Search Engine Journal readers! I just got done speaking with SponsoredReviews.com’s CEO Jarrod Hunt and convinced him to issue...
Yahoo’s Showcased Homepage Content Driving Search Results
Yahoo is showcasing their new Yahoo Search Shortcuts and search results via links in the content boxes on the Yahoo Homepage. The links look like...
Yahoo Search Launches Google Killer : Search Assist, Videos, Flickr Integration
Yahoo Search, over the past 5 years or so, has been trying hard to step out of Google’s shadow, a shadow that Yahoo cast upon...
Ask.com’s Bloglines Now Supports OpenID and Mobile Devices
Ask.com has upgraded its Bloglines blog reader and blog sharing offering with support for OpenID, new personalized preferences and Bloglines Mobile for the Bloglines Beta....
Google & Immersive Media End StreetView Technology Relationship
Immersive Media, the company which developed the initial technology for the Google StreetView initiative for Google Maps, has sent out a press release stating that...
4 E-Commerce Digital Marketing Strategies For 2022
Forbes
January 11, 2022
If you manage e-commerce digital marketing campaigns, these strategies can save you time and help grow your traffic, sales and your bottom line. See More
Eight Ways Businesses Are Adopting Innovative Streaming During Social Distancing
Forbes
May 20, 2020
Streaming video technology is more important than ever. See More